Zibin Guo, Ph.D.

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Dr. Zibin Guo, currently a Professor of Medical Anthropology and department head at University of Tennessee Chattanooga, is a long time Tai-ji practitioner and teacher.  Based on his years of clinical observations and experience of teaching Tai-ji to people with physical disabilities, in 2005, Dr. Guo developed the 13-forms-wheelchair-Tai-ji program and presented it to China Federation of People with Disability and Beijing 2008 Paralympics Committee.

 Invited by the above two organizations, Dr. Guo,

1)     Conducted the very first wheelchair Tai-ji certification training in Beijing to Tai-ji instructors and professionals from all over China (2006);

2)     Directed the wheelchair Tai-ji demonstration at the opening ceremony of 2007 Beijing Olympics Cultural Festival;

3)     Directed the wheelchair Tai-ji demonstration in Beijing to the community of International Paralympics on the eve of 2008 Paralympics opening ceremony. 

Advocated by Dr. Guo and promoted by the two above organizations, the 13-forms-Wheelchair-Tai-ji has now become a popular form of mind and body exercise among people with various types of physical disabilities throughout China. 

Dr. Guo graduated from Nanjing University where he majored in, and later became an assistant professor of Chinese Martial Arts.

He received a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Connecticut, and was a fellow in social medicine at Harvard Medical School (1995-1998). He also served as Dean of Clinical Studies at the New England School of Acupuncture.

Featured in:

Tai-Chi Magazine: Oct, 1998
Disability in China Magazine (March, 2008)
Beijing Olympic Times (March, 2008)